Match-lighter.



B. F. WILLIAMS.

MATCH LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-26.1917.

1,288,782. Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

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BENJAMIN F. WILLIAMS, OF WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

MATCH-LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westwood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match lighters, and particularly to a device of this character intended for the use of smokers and so constructed that the lighted match is presented for convenient application to a cigar, cigarette, or the like.

An object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which can be attached to a match box to be removably held thereon, can be fitted upon the edge of a table, or can be set in a number of other connections, and which includes a casing having an abrasive material therein against which the match will be struck, the casing acting to protect the flame and to thus assure proper lighting of the match even when in the open and when the Wind is blowing.

A. further object lies in constructing the parts in such a way that although the casing is closed around the flaming match, sufficient ventilation is provided to support combustion and the match is eventually disposed at an open end of the casing and at such a point that it can be conveniently and expeditiously applied to ignite a cigar, cigarette, or the like.

Yet another object lies in providing an abrasive carrying member which can be detachably placed within the casing and which can be removed and renewed as occasion may require.

With the above and other objects in view, which will be in part described and in part understood from the specification, drawings, and claims, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation and with parts sectioned to illustrate the construction of the device;

Fig. 2 is a view in edge elevation of the structure disclosed in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 4 is a view in end elevation of the lighter.

The casing 1, which is here shown as being substantially square in cross section, but which might be circular, rectangular, or of other desired form, is open at one end and closed at the other as indicated at 2, the caslng having a slot 3 formed along one side thereof. One of the remaining sides of the casing has the spring clip portions 4: and 5 extended therefrom and terminating in gripping edges as indicated at 6 and 7, and by slightly spreading these gripping edges 6 and 7 and fitting the spring clip portions 4. and 5 over a safety match box, the edge of the table, or over any convenient edge or ob ect, the casing will be mounted and held in place to present the slotted opening 3 outwardlv. In the present instance I have shown the casing 1 as being made up of sheet metal pieces bent and shaped to the proper form and in this disclosure the slottedopening 3 is directly opposite that side from which the spring clip portions 4 and 5 extend, these clip portions being secured to the middle of the casing and leaving an opening along that side thereof. The flange or cleat portions 8 and 9 are mounted within the casing adjacent that side from which the clip portions extend and a metal or other cleat 10 having an abrasive substance on the inner face at 11 is fitted to be held in place by these cleats 8 and 9 so that the open side of the casing is closed and the abrasive covered surface is presented opposite the slotted opening 2.

' At the sides of the slotted opening 3, the

' metal of the casing is bent in and'hooked around to provide the slide ways 12 and 13, and a sheet metal slide 14 has the edges thereof turned up and inwardly to form flanges which are received in the slide ways to mount the slide 14 within the slotted opening 3 and to be capable of movement therealong, it being understood that this slide is of substantially only half the length of the casing. The slide 14 has a match receiving opening 15 provided through that end which is adjacent the open end of the casing, and a match inserted through this opening and extended into the casing will come to bear against the abrasive surface of the plate 10. In the use of the device, the casing will be mounted upon a convenient edge or object through the medium of the spring clip portions 4 and 5, or will be held in the hand. and the head end of a match is inserted through the opening 15 of the, slide 14, following which force is exerted upon the match to draw the same rather sharply'toWard the open end of the casing. This movement of the match \Vlll scratch the head thereof along the abrasive surface of the plate 10, and as the stem of the match is fitted through the opening 15, the slide l lr will be carried With the match to close that end of the slotted opening 3 adjacent the open end of the casing while the remaining end of the slotted opening will be uncovered. As the slide let is brought adjacent the open end of the casing, the burning match Will be presented in such a Way that while inclosed Within the casing and protected from Wind or sudden drafts, ready access will be had thereto for light ing a cigar, cigarette, or the like. If de sired, afiared hoodl'6 can be formed or secured around the open end of the casing and thus even greater protection will be given to the burning match and the flames therefrom' Will be confined more intensely to the desired-point. It is ofcourse understood that air must find it Way into the casing to support the combustion of the match, and as the slide 14 is moved over and the inner end of the slotted opening is uncovered, a direct draft passage is formed through the slotted opening and through the open end of the casing, and thus suili cientair Will be supplied-to cause the match to ignite-and burn properly.

While, in the foregoing, I have described a specific embodimentof the present invention, it is toloe understood that in practice, Ido not limit myself tosuch specific details but may resort to any practical. modifications falling Within the scope of the invention as defined in fthe-"appended claims.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture a match lighter comprismg a comparatively deepelongated casing, said casing provided with an elongated slotted opening upon one match ignited When drawnlongitudinally of said casing, an igniting surface carried Within said casing and adapted to contact with a extended through said aperture formed in said slide and said casing provided With an article receiving opening formed in one end thereof.

2. A match lighter comprising a comparatively deep elongated casing provided with a closed end and having an article receiving opening at the opposite end thereof, a shield hood comprising a plurality of flared side portions extending beyond the open outer end of said casing, an igniting surface mounted snugly upon one side of said casing within the interior thereof,.said casing provided with an elongated longitudinally extending aperture, the match receiving slide slidably mounted Within said elongated aperture and adapted to direct the match over, said igniting surface, a plurality of laterally extending substantially parallel spring match box receiving jaws secured .to one sideof said casing,

3. A match lighter comprising a substaniallyelongated comparatively deep metallic casing provided With an elongated longi tudinally extending aperture formed upon one side thereof, the side edges of said aperture being provided with rolled portions for constituting tracks, a slide provided withrolledfportions fitting around and oi or said tracks for constituting a guide for said slide, said slide being approximately onehalf the length of said casing anrfl cagable of longitudinal movement thereon, said, slide provided with an'aperture formed near the inner end thereof, an abrasive plate secured firmly to one side of said'casing at point diametrically opposite said slide for per mittinga match to move thereover for igniting. the same, a shield hood. formed around the outer end of said casing, said casing provided with an article receiving aperture formed in said outer end adjacent said shield hood, and a match hex gripping means formedupon one side of said casin In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. WILLIANIS, Witnesses:

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